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View larger version (71K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. A 70-year-old, previously healthy man had had sudden, colicky lower abdominal pain and increased urinary frequency for four days. He had marked suprapubic tenderness but no other abnormal physical findings. There was mild leukocytosis and a slight leftward shift; the results of urinalysis were unremarkable. A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the pelvis obtained on the first hospital day (Panel A and adjacent sketch) shows thickening of the sigmoid colon (thick arrows). The dark areas represent gas in the lumen, and the white areas represent contrast material. The small dark areas (thin arrows) represent gas in diverticula. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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David J., Ozick L. A., Harford W., Peterson W. L., Parikh V. A., Amini J., Nanda R.
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N Engl J Med 1995; 333:1785-1786, Dec 28, 1995. Correspondence

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